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Warm & Cozy – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

20 Feb 2014 16 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, 13 Arts, Creative Embellishments, daughter, Design Memory Craft, Gelatos, Prima, Webster's Pages

Hi, everyone! It’s Thursday, so I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share. 😀 I snapped this normal everyday pic of Madison one day when then kids were all camping out in the living room. She’s all snuggled up in her favorite blanket which was given to her by a friend of mine before she was even born.

To create my background, I used the Creative Embellishments Bokeh stamp with some gelatos. It didn’t turn out quite how I’d intended because after stamping with it, I had wanted to blur the lines a bit and misted it with more water. Too much water. lol So It’s splotchier than it started out being. After that goof, I had to continue with it, so I went ahead and made the rest of the background to match. lol I altered both the flourish and the Out of this World chipboard pieces with gelatos as well, but went with an acrylic paint on the Chunky Alphas. Here’s how it turned out:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Circle Bokeh stamp
CE Out of This World frame
CE Chunky Alphabet
CE Flourish set 15
13 Arts papers
Webster’s Pages charm and clip
lace from my stash
Design Memory Craft gelatos
gesso
acrylic paint
prima flowers
doilies from my stash
Martha Stewart punches
Spellbinders die

For my page, I was inspired by the February mood board at Scrap Around the World:

I liked the circular scattered elements in the background of the lower left image and the colors from the chevron image. I also incorporated a touch of metallic elements inspired by the lower right image.

I also went with the February 1st Stuck?! Sketch to create my page:

Last but not least, Scrap Africa’s challenge #26 is to incorporate altered chipboard, so I’m entering that challenge with my page as well. TFL!

Love Everything About You – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

01 Feb 2014 Comments Off on Love Everything About You – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, children, Creative Embellishments, distressed, February challenge, laser cut chipboard, Prima flowers, siblings, Tim Holtz, torn paper, Wood veneer

A new month means a new challenge on the Creative Embellishments blog! You do not have to use CE products in order to play along and international entries are welcome. Base your project on the given inspiration image plus incorporate one of the words from the image on your project, then upload it to the CE blog for your chance to win a $20 gc to the store! 😀

This month’s image:

For my example, I started out with solid white cardstock. Since the wispy white lines that are evenly spaced in the inspiration image reminded me of sheet music, I used the CE grunge music note sheet background stamp with matte multi-medium to create a resist. I did not have a text stencil, so I used the closest thing I had, which is a ledger stencil with blended fibers. That also works as a resist. I then went over the whole page with various amounts of black soot distress stain to create a dark background like that of the image. From there, I was inspired by the flourishes, colors and layering. The words I used from the image are Dream, Love and Everything. To help me create the page, I also used the Monday Mojo sketch from Flying Unicorn as inspiration for my page design. Here’s what I came up with:

Close up of the cluster with part of the title:

Close up of the cluster at the top left of the photo:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Grunge Music Note Sheet bg stamp
CE Doily Frame
CE Hearts Wood Veneer
CE Flourish set 3
CE Showered With Love border
CE Love Set
CE Time Flies frame set
American Craft white cardstock
TCW stencils
Studio Matte Multi-medium
Liquitex blended fibers
Distress stain and inks
Shimmerz Texturez
Art Anthology Velvet and Sorbet
gesso
Acrylic paint
Tim Holtz papers, ticket, tag, stickers
Prima flowers

The gorgeous Flying Unicorn sketch I worked with:

TFL!

Create – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

23 Jan 2014 9 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, bloomers, Creative Embellishments, Gelatos, laser cut chipboard, monochromatic, purple, Webster's Pages, Western Romance

It’s Thursday, so I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share. 😀 CE is sponsoring the Stuck?! Sketches January 15th challenge, so I decided to play along. Webster’s Pages has also had a different challenge posted each day this week on their blog, so I combined their day 1 challenge (monochromatic) with the Stuck?! sketch. 😀

For my take on the challenges, I decided to go with a pic of 3 of my kids coloring, drawing, cutting and pasting. They love to create and tend to do something artistic every day. The Creative Embellishments Create set was perfect for what I wanted to portray and the steampunk light bulbs helped illustrate their innovative, creative ideas. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Create set
CE Steampunk Light Bulbs
CE Conversation Hearts bg stamp
WP Western Romance pp, bloomers, sparkler, whimsy heart and bow
gesso
gelatos
Pitt big brush artist markers
acrylic paint
white sharpie

Stuck?! Sketches January 15th sketch:

TFL!

Capture the Moment – dt layout for Sketchabilities Sketch #107

15 Jan 2014 4 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, camera, Creative Embellishments, Heidi Swapp, laser cut chipboard, layering

Sketchabilities sketch #107 is now live! For my example for the challenge, I selected a picture of my oldest son, Taten. It was actually taken about 3 years ago, but it really seemed to suit this sketch. It was taken on the spur of the moment for no particular reason, but I love his joyful nature and wanted a photo that showed just an everyday moment. Here’s what I came up with: